The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-21
RoUsD AsnUT DUBBED.


ROUHB ABOUT DUBBED.
OF course whoever visits Quebec
inspects the famous citadel. tits a
vast lorti6sotion. covering over forty
acres Of grosnd, built on the very
summit OF Cape Diamond. l can
we'll believe that it is, as fame says,
"the coolest spot in the British EN-
pre-" In midwinter watches the
sentinels are relieved every hour. and
in the coolest nights every half hour.
The view from the northern bastion
is pronounced by cosmopolitan tour
lists like Taylor one of the finest on
the globe. It. is we'll worth trip to
Quebec to stand Eve minutes on that
Sastion and simply look. How small
enc seens looking at such q land
soapet The srmory is most inter.
ssting spot 70 visit because OF the
military sariosities stored in it. The
Notifications are Of stoues OF massivc
proportisa, aud TO the common eye
look impregusble, but military critics
say that our modern guns would
knock them in pieces easily. The
look of the place IS altogether au-
sient. Thoreau hits il off aptly as
follows:
''Such structures carry US back to
the middle ages, the siege Of Jeru-
salem and St. Joan dare, and the
days Of the buccaneers. 10 the ar
mory Of the citadel they showed me
aclumsy implement long since use
less, which they called Lombard
gun. / thought that their whole
citadel was such a Lombard gun, fit
object for the museums Of the curl
Gus. | shall never again wake up in
a colder night then usual but | shall
think how rapidly the senuuels are
relieving Que another on the walls of
Quebec, their quicksilver being Ill
frozen, as ii apprehensive that
some hostile Wolfe may even
then be scaling the heights
Of Abraham, or some persevering
Arnold about 10 issue from the will
derness; some Malay or japanese,
perohanec, coming round by the
northwest coast, have chosen that
moment TO assault the oft del. Why.
/ should % soon expect 10 see the
sentipels still relieving one another
on the walls OF Nineyeb, which have
50 long been buried 70 the world.
What troublesome thing a wall is
l thought it was TO defend me, and
not il. OF course. il they had no
walls they would not need TO have
any sentinels."
In the Governors garden is mon
unsnt oil noble proportions and Sc
we're style. You will be apt TO un-
cover your head before You have done
reading the Inscription. II com
memories the fame OF Wolfe and
nonteala. This Is the inscription
MoRIRs. VIRUS. c0NsUNBa.
FARsAM. HIsT0RIRA.
NoNUMENTUs POsTkRTrAS.
DEDTr.
On the edge Of the plains Of Abra-
ham Is another monument, q tall col.
ann adoraed with trophies. TN the
square base are carved these words:
Here Died
NOie
V.,'"r one.
s' r.. Is
The great PITT. speaking TO the
British Parliament, said: THE hor-
ror OF the night, tho preoipioe scaled
By Wolfe, the empire, be. with a
handful Of men, added to England,
and the glorious catastrophe OF con-
tentedly terminating life where his
fame hegan. Ancient
story may b. ransacked and ostenta.
tious philosophy thrown into the &C.
count before an episode can be found
TO rank With Wolie's."
In l76D t'anads passed irrevocably
under British fuprem cy. Want
il Voltaire-ycs. it was voltaire who
congratulated Louis XIV on being
rid Of 1890 Leagues OF frozen coun.
try" Aud thai shows what fool
Voltaire was. It's dreadful thing
TO be smart. aud IL takes great mind
10 understand the Significance OF em.
pire. SO the British got Canada aud
lost America. Gained one ebony
aud lost thirteen. How1 Why,
don't you remember that the at
tempted taxation of the thirteen oil.
onies was devised to cover the deficit
caused in the BRUSH treasury by the
Canadian campsigos2 IL cost Fog.
land 800, 0OO, 600 20 wrcst Canada
from France, aud that was big sum
even for knIlAnd 20 meet. Aod
hcuce the tea iax," and tho "toa
party. aud the riot 10 State street,
opposite The Traveller Office, where
the first msn was killed by the Il il
ish troops-Lcxingtop. Bunker Hill,
and at last, Undergraduate"
The suburbs u Qacboc are truly
noted for their beau y. The differ.
ent points Of interest can be visited
10 the best ADVANTAGE on foot, pro-
yided you love to walk. which don't
Walking Is not an hereditary instinct
In our family: we all love 10 ride. !
am grateful Tor the family character
istio. Nothing more abundautly
proves the high character Of my an.
cestry. IL prov we have come from
blue blood. No man OF correct taste
and good breoding ever walks. IL by
any possibility OF management he
can ride. | am determined that the
family gebfslogy shall not, 10 my
branch Of il. II | sm ever reduced
TO beggary | shall beg a horse fret,
and do the rest 81 my begging horse.
back. shall n'yer be a tramp.
Still like physicians who p-cscri be
what they would not take. l advise
any person who wishes 20 500 the
suburbs Of Quebec TO the best ad.
yantasrito make the tour Of tho out.
lying districts On foot. This will
enable him d learn the French Ian.
guage at cross roads, and TO stop
when be plesscs. This Is the only
good popularity | have ever dis
covered ia walking. IL Is so pleas.
ant a sensation hat IL would recon.
ellie me 10 the fate OF footing Il, we're
Il not for the starting. The stop